A Fathers Intuition!

Since I've been a parent I understand a little about a father's intuition. Judging by the way my father reacted to me coming home late on the weekend nights, I'm pretty sure he had some idea about the grain elevators we were climbing, the bridges we jumped and how many hanging eggs hung down the streets of Raymond, Magrath and Cardston. (If he didn't know then, he knows now). Well, I'm sure Blake will have the same intuition about his little girls. Yes thats right, little girls. He has been saying for weeks that we are having anonther little girl and he was right! We left the doctors office an excited little family, well... all but one. I asked Tristan if he was excited about having a little sister and he said "No! I want a brother. I want to read to him and share my room, not Bella's."
Names are another fun topic. Blake and I so far cannot agree on a name, however I don't believe we will have a say as Bella Reese already told us that the baby's name is Emma Ave. For those of you who know her she usually gets her way!:)

A Week with the BONDS! Followed by a Trip to Canada!

Well, we have had an adventurous month of July (and last part of June)!  Aunt Becky and the children followed by Grandma in the Kia came down south for a week visit while Oakley went to "college" as Esther put it.  Oakley came down for a week of BYU basketball camp and loved it.  He stayed at the dorms the whole week, he is growing up way too fast!  

We had a blast with swimming, shopping, driving, more shopping and a quick trip up to Park City!  Aunt Becky bought Brigham and Tristan matching Buzz Lightyear PJs that look like the full Buzz Lightyear.  They loved them!  All trip they called each other Buzz!  The last night Oakley surprised us with a firework show and then it was off to Canada!

We have had a fun two weeks so far!  Tristan and Bella love to have cousins so close.  Everyday they ask for Cody and Emma.  Today we went swimming with Aunt Deanna and the kids and we had a blast.  Tristan runs off the diving board all by himself and Bella Reese tried it a few times herself, with a little help from big cousin Avery.  Bella loves her cousins, especially the boy cousins, Brady and Cody, she thinks they are "tute" and "pansome" (cute and handsome).  I don't know what was more fun, the swimming or watching this one life guard who has a crush on my niece Avery.  But we are making some fun memories for sure!

Tonight we are having a sleep over at Grandmas, Avery and Emma in the 'girls room' and Cody, Bella, and Tristan in one bed.  Singing songs got old fast so instead we told stories.  Cody told some, "out from my head" and Tristan's went something like this.  "Once upon a time there was a boy named Tristan Errol Nelson, Bella, Mom, Aunt Megan (he has started calling me Aunt Megan, "Mom, Mom! AUNT MEGAN!!!') and Blake Dad went swimming, went off the diving board and then home to Grandma's house.  The End."  Bella's story went like this, "Mommy, Daddy, T and Bella, swimming, Grandma's house.  Amen!"  

I know this is a fast little rendition of our last couple weeks but if I didn't write it down I might have forgotten it.  We really miss dad!  And cannot wait until he comes up!   

(I am sure there are many mistakes with this post, but my children are still running around.  Our sleeping is a bit off as the sun does not go down until midnight up here!)

Park Adventures

Bella playing with her bud Easten. They like to race down the slides.
Where ever we go and Tristan sees kids he always shoots, "Hey Guys!!!". He has the ability like his dad to make friends easily. This little boy was 6yrs old and they played How to Train Your Dragon the whole time. Tristan loved it!

We have such a fun little park just 10 houses down from ours and though our swing set is fun it is nothing compared to the PARK! Everyday it is either park or swimming, so every now and then we call up the neighborhood friends and head to the park. It is always a blast. Bella always has her baby stroller or shopping cart to push and Tristan is the stud with his sun glasses!

Fishing at the Indian Ponds

Blake sporting the Zeniths sweatshirt. He did it to score some points with the fam.

Last week we went up to the annual Nelson family retreat to Roseivelt, Ut. We went up early with Casey, Emily and Livie to fish in the Uintahs at the Indian Ponds. Well, it turns out miss. Bella Reese LOVES to fish! I think a big part was the fact that Livie had a Dora fishing pole and of course she had to have it. Livie being the good cousin that she is, let her use it and surprisingly that little pole caught the most fish! Bella would not let me help her (not that I could do much to help anyways) just her Dad and she caught 4 fish! T-dawg caught one, but was more interest in exploring or throwing rocks in the ponds. It was a fun little family adventure and it is so fun to watch my children get older, they are growing up before my eyes!

Happy Fathers Day!

It has been forever since I have written a post on this blog, to my family fans I am sorry! Uncle Al asks every time I talk to him to post some pictures of my children and now that I have finally had some time & a husband to help me figure out how to work our new camera we have some pictures!

But I couldn't help but write a few words about the wonderful fathers in my life. First, I have an amazing Dad and he is such a great Grandpa too! (T & B call him grandpa with the hurt knee). Growing up when I told people my last name they always asked "well who's your dad?" and I would tell them and they would always tell me how they loved to watch him play basketball back-in-the-day. When I was down in Provo surprisingly I was asked many times as well and always the same response. I write this not to be boastful, just simply proud. I love to hear his stories about life and where and what he has done. As a little kids he would always tell us stories about when he was growing up on the farm, and then in the background we would hear my mom say, "oh ya right". :) Fun times. Happy Fathers Day Big Phil! I sure love ya!

I have a pretty great father-in-law too! You should hear him speak, he is like a fountain of knowledge with the scriptures! He taught Blake how to work hard and he willingly lets us use his 4-wheelers, truck and trailer to go up line creek whenever we ask. Not to forget all the free gas and bringing them home after every trip dirty and muddy. Happy Fathers Day Nate!

My Favorite Father Blake.

He will probably make fun of me for writing this post, but I can't help but write a few somethin' somethins' about my husband! Here is just a short list that makes him such a great Father!

*When he comes home and the kids hear the garage door open they immediately run and hide and he will always "try" and look for them. Tristan and Bella think they are so sneaky.

*He plays games with them. Whatever they want, hide- and-seek, the Caterpillar game, memory, throw the ball at mom game etc.

*Jumps on the tramp and does "atomic bombs."

*Lets them take sips of his coke. (I don't know how 'good' that really is, but if you know Blake he loves coke!

*He helps them eat their dinner and if they want they sit on his lap.

*When Tristan is supposed to be in bed, some nights he will sneak downstairs and jump up right next to Blake while he is watching sportscenter. Blake lets him eat his popcorn and cheese (I know that doesn't sounds good, but actually its not too bad). Tristan will usually eat it all. My kids will not have popcorn without any cheese!

*The nights he is home, he'll bath the kids and make it so fun!

*He reads them bed time books.

*He gives them their vitamins every night.

*I've noticed, every time we are getting the 4-wheelers ready for a ride or trip he always lets Tristan help him. Help him to tie them down, drive them on the trailer etc. Tristan loves it so so much and just wants to be right there by his dad always. I'm sure Blake could do these things much faster without his "help", but he always involves him and its fun to watch.

*He lets Tristan drive the 4-wheeler.

*When Bella wakes up at night she wants her Daddy! He always holds her and she will usually fall right back to sleep in his arms. (It may sound a bit cheesy but its cute)

*Lately we have many MANY knock,knock jokes and he will always play along every time.

*Blake works hard in the church and with his calling(s). Its a great example for our kids to see.

*He has been teaching T & B to ride their new bikes.

*They Love to ride on Dads shoulders and he lets them whenever they want to. (all 48lbs)

*He tells them what a great Mother they have and how much he loves her. (That is my personal favorite)

*Lets just say I haven't been on my A game lately, so when he gets home from work he will take the kids so I can rest.

*Blake works very hard everyday. His line is "If I'm awake I'm working" and its true. He puts in long hours everyday so I can stay home a raise our children.

*He reads the scriptures every night. With little ones that can be hard to do:)

My list goes on and on. Blake will probably get a little embarrassed by this. But, I love him so much and he really is such a great father & husband! I love ya!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Well today it is windy, snowing and so so cold and to top it off Tristan has the flu and Bella Reese has a super bad cold and was up all last night. This morning Tristan came up the stairs and said, "Mom my tummy hurts bad". I didn't think much of it but as I put them in for their morning bath he had a 'throw up burp' (taken from the neighborhood boy who would always knock on our door for cookies etc. when we lived in Vegas. He would say, "ah, I just threw-up in my mouth!" Blake and I still joke about that) and it all started coming out. After he threw-up breakfast etc he said, " Ahhh, that was gross!" So we got out of the tub and I gave him and Bells a shower.

Growing up being sick was our favorite, because my mother would be at our beckon call all day and we always had Canadian Dry Ginger Ale! So I decided to go to the store and get some pop and things to make chicken noodle soup. Well, Tristan wanted to get a movie "Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs" he kept telling me "a chance of meatballs mom, thats what I want to watch," so of course I say yes. While we are in the store, I'm holding Tristan and he tells me again, "mom, my tummy hurts!" and before I knew it, he threw up again, this time all over me, himself and Fresh Market's floor. We hurried and cleaned up the best we could, ran and got our groceries and ginger ale. As we turned the corner down the beverage isle Bella says, "Mom! Look who it is....Dad's pop!" She was so excited she found her dads favorite pop, can we guess? Well if anyone knows Blake it is nothing other then Coke. Anyways, we hurried to the checkout and then to the Red Box to get our movies and then finally home. I hope my little ones get better soon, we have a couple birthdays to be partying at. :)

Better Late then Never

We went to Temple Square with the Nelson family and had dinner at the Lion House. Here is little Bella with her boots. She loved being able to put them on and take them off herself so for months she wore these all over even if there was no snow to run threw.

Uncle Al says I never update my blog and he never gets to see pictures of his favorite niece and nephew. :) Well, I thought better late then never with some of our winter/Christmas pictures. For Christmas Blake gave me a beautiful professional camera:) (well, prof. for me anyways) so most of our Christmas morning and other pictures are on that camera and once I figure out what I am doing then I will post more pictures.